Is neck lymph node tumor serious?

The neck is more lymphatic system, where the blood distribution has lymphatic system, so that neck lymph node enlargement is more common performance. Like pharyngitis or get angry will also cause neck lymph node enlargement, or is accompanied by systemic immunity or rheumatic inflammatory performance, will also cause neck lymph node enlargement. Generally this kind of lymph node is called benign lymph node enlargement, neck lymph node this malignant tumor is more common in lymphoma. Lymphoma prognosis is still relatively good a malignant tumor, after chemotherapy, surgery or radiotherapy, some patients can survive for a long time. If the neck lymph node metastasis, such as lung cancer or nasopharyngeal carcinoma caused by neck lymph node metastasis, such a late stage of the disease is more serious. It may be late treatment effect will be relatively poor, the patient's survival prognosis is poor. Therefore, cervical lymph nodes should be distinguished from metastatic tumors, primary tumors or benign tumors, so as to distinguish their severity.